Racing apparatus



Sept. l, 1931. E. L. BALLEW .1,821,786 l RACING APPARATUS Filed my 15, 1927 21 44 f :192mg 46 Patented Sept. 1, 1931 .s 1 Y i l UNITED s'rA'rlas PATENT OFFICE ELMER I.. BALLEW, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS RACING APPARATUS Application led July 15, y1927. Serial No. 206,096.l

This invention relates to certain novel im- Fig. 2 is a detail viewof the speciic means provements in racing apparatus and is paremployed toelevatethe lure over hurdles and ticularly adapted to improvements in suchA other obstacles as well as to conceal the lure apparatus such as used to propel a lure at thetermination of the race.

5 around a racing course which serves to in- Fig. 3 is a detail view oi the lure and the 55 duce animals to pursue it. mounting therefore taken substantially o A device of the foregoing type is described the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and claimed in my vco-pending application, F ig. 4 is a schematicview of the electric Serial No. 201,482, filed in the U. S. Patent circuit employed in the device;

Ofce on or about June 25, 1927, and this de- `F ig. 5 is a detail view of the track structure 60 A vice constitutes certain improvements over employed in the device; and

the apparatus described therein. t Fig. 6 is a sectional detail view taken sub- Devices of the prior art employed to prostantially in the `plane of the line 6-6 on pel a lure around the course have been .ar- Fig. 5.

-ranged so as to travel over the course. This l jA complete disclosure of the race course 65 entailed van obvious disadvantage since itV and other "appurtenances with which the desometimes occurred that the animals caught vice herein describedk is adapted to be used the device and were in danger of being inis madein my hereintofore referred to cojured by coming incontact with the lure propending application. The course l0 is depelling mechanism.. -It is therefore among *fined by fences, the inerone of which is indi- 70 the objects of my invention to provide a lure Gated by 11 in the drawings. Suitable brackpropelling device which may be mounted so ets such as 12 are provided which are secured as to travel interiorly of the fence which deto the fence 11 by the securing elements such ne's the Course. as the bolts 13. The brackets 12 extend in a Y Lure propelling devices of the prior'art direction away VJfrom the course and are 75 have been such that it was difficult to cause adapted to support the track structure 14 the lure to travel over hurdlesand other obwhich is secured to brackets k12 by clamping stacles placed in the course in order to induce structures such as 15. In Fig. 5 it may be the animals t0 leap over Such hurdles and Ob- Seen that the track StI'uCtuIe 14 includeS tacl stacles. Therefore a further object of the inportions 16 and 17 which are disposed on the 80 vention is to construct the device in such a upper side thereofnear the edges. Disposed way that the lure may be caused to travel below the track section 14 are insulating over hurdles and other obstacles in the course. blocks 17, 18, 19, and 2O.` The insulating A still further object of the invention is to blocks 18 and 19 are secured to the track 14 arrange the deviceso that the lure may be by suitable securing elements such as the bolt 85 be electromagnetically controlled,

concealed when it is desired toterminate the and nut structures 21. The blocks 17 and race. 21 are secured to the blocks 18 and 19 by bolt A still further object of the invention is to and nut structures 22 which extend at right arrange the device in such a way that it may angles to the bolt and` nut structures 21.

' VA lure propelling mechanism includes a 90v Other objects will appear hereinafter. rcarriage`23 which has upwardly protruding The invention consists in the novel combiarms 24 and 25. Suitably mounted'on the nation and arrangement of parts to be herearm 24 is the Wheel 26 which has a ange inafter described and claimed. portion 27 that is adapted to prevent side The invention will be best understood by movement of the carriage 23. The wheel 26 95 reference to the accompanying drawings, is adapted to travel on the track portion 17 showing the preferred form of construction of the track structure 14. A shaft 28 is jourand in which: l y naled in the upper end of the arm 25 and Fig. 1 is an elevational view looking at the carries a wheel 29 that has a flange 80 simidevice in the direction of the course of travel; lar to the flange 27. The wheel 29 is adapted to travel onY the track portion 16 of the track lure will ride during operation Vin a position structure 14. In the low r part ot the carsubstantially similar to that indicated in riage 23 a suitable motive means such as an Fig. l. electric motor is provided. i; Suitable connecheretofore been stated, it is advan tion is inadefrbetween the motive means and tageoue to cause the lure to travel over hur- 70 the shaft QS such as the chain belt and sproclidles and other obstacles in the course and et construction 3l. Af. fly Wheel-82 is 1nountV "il 's is` accornplighed in the following maned on tlie shaft 28 for purpose Well under- WA studishatt. 53 is.mountedintheholstood in the art. f Vgr d out portion @land the opera-ting niern- Y Suitable trolleys 33 and Si are mounted in ber ispirotally inounted thereon. The 75 recessedportions of thebloelis lffandlS: @n 1r ober Sdi-includes a portion prothe carriage 23n an insulating strip is i gear segment 55. ln the present inmounted'.Y Secured to the carriage Q3`and'instamm trio arn'iA-.G is arranged so as to termisulated therefrom by theinsulatingstrip 35,. nate irreY .eil-cular` member having a gear segis a bracket 36 which is bifurcated Vat! its outer nient 56 thereonithat is adapted to inesh With s@ end and; vghich includes.W clamping portions the s' inent55.; It is to be understood 37,thatiarearrangedito provide lbearings for. thatt rniffldniightbe Securedfto the shaft a shaft, 38on Whiolrthe trolley` Wheel 39deA :in-:r inv thisgeventl the,V gear segment 56 rotatably inounted 'Bhe trolley Wheelflis` uid be prorfidedon an operatingl member.

adaptedto engage thetroll'eyL 33. Aljraeliet includesa-,portion 57 which isV 3 lOri's providedzwhiclris inountedfina manner, (f d at right angles tothe portion theresimilar to thebracliettlandleaid bracket r0.3 `in 1. oviding the gfil "@m'l 55f A SMC 58 is arrangedsubstantially similar to the braelris: provided in4 thep rtion and. a pin 59 et 36 and carries altrollcyrwheel lll that; is ie' dfi-'M mounted therein. A solenoid'coil radaptedi to, engage the: trolley 34. .These 6071's supported'in the hollowediout portion trolleysY and their cooperatingStructures are 4d; the brackets`4 (il.` 'Ehe varmature 62 of adaptedftoconvey current'totheiheretotore the )lenoid coil 60 extends forwardly and; mentioned motive means.'4 Operation. of the Jopie Tins-structureis such that motive means isconveyed to the shaftlQS by enoidcoil is energized the arma.-

36 means ofi the power transmitting structure ra-frted in acerndanee Witlrthe mag'- 3l andthence tothe Wheel 29 which causes. i 'oe current i1 iids-olenoidjcoihthe tliejdeviccetolbefpro elledraronnd the track? 1 enig i )vided byethe over-hringing'porr` striotnre lil-Whiclris disposed contiguous thef .-oi-i et the ;iiii'i't., "Nhenthe armature 62.V racourse 10., Y Y ,is'attraetedgit is apparent that the pin 59:

:asf` Secnredtothearinis an upwardly-.prowill..nioferthroi -h the slot andw-illthus trading bracket lwhieh has azhorizontally Aroel-r the wird this nioyenient will' diepoeedportionl that is aoapted to be dis-` be transl l i uh `the gear segments 55 posodo'ner: the fence 111.. The portiond?) iaA z lfrf toftlxefarniflfl' vand said arm Willfbe arrangedsosasto embody the hollowed out elevated as ted an amount proportionate gli portionlt ata the outer endthereowhich is4 to tliealnount ofA current inthe solenoidcoil my disposedover-'the fence l1. Y 60. 1 l

Mounted inthe hollowed 'out portion 4d". A trolley` 63 mountediii the reoesspornear theopen endltnereof isa Shaft Setioirot the block lik The bracket lthat is curedfto'the shaft-L45; and entendingoutwardL vsubstantiallyv similar to the bracket Sti-and' 45. lyw therefrom is' the linie carryinw arinilvwlzieli is mounted-inthe-saine manner as the whichY isarranged so; asfto enrbodyV a crees braCletf 3G; carries altra lley` wheelrtt uf'hich seotiom substantially siinilar. that;` illus-fis adapted to engage" the trolley G3.y A trolT tratedin 3'. In operation, the lure carry .f ley 65 is mountedvin the-recess portion ofthe ingarm46fprotrudesdownwardly and itsr* bleekv 2() andis engaged by the tiolleywlieel 5g* outerl endit car-riesthe portion l? which is s GSthat-is carriedibythe brac-liet 67wvhich is 1:5; disposed angularly with reapecty to .theinain also torinedand mountedfin `a manner sub1 extent'oftlie arni andlergtends horizontalT stantially similar to the bracket 3G. The 1y, when the arm loris in lowered? positien. trolleys G3 fand G'are direc-ted to asuitable Y A Wheell48 is'niounted onthe portion 47 and rheoetat fwhichial adapteeto Control the tj* isadaptedto:trayellon the course l0 so as to amount olf current drawnfronrasource of T-I support-f the' outer end of the arin'fllG. As power-Seehaus the battery The rheoetat stated;` thearin 4-6`ie arrangijed so as to enr- @Scontrole the amor ot current supplied body1 a5 cross section which 'will provide a to the :solenoid coils in a manner welluntrack portiozrfi The-lure Q'has a down-VY derstood in the art.

"i3" wardlyprotruding stein. 5L which supports` Mounted on the portion l3nt thebraclfet 2.'

` tlie-y roller structure that. is adapted to4 42 is adore receiving-cage@ that is adapted travelj on the itrack. portions This` etructofreeeiye the -lnre 5() 'When-it desired to tertureis-suohthattlie lure Vtree to travel in ininate the race. thearrn'l:an-dtheretore due to the downward e Airhee 075i associatedwith the trolleys extent;V of the arm /lfit is apparent thatathe Sandeif supplying clnrentrto-tliemotive' means 72 that is diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. t. In this manner the speed with which the carriage 23 is propelled around the track structure 14' may be controlled and thus the lure may be kept in the van of the animals which are pursuing it. wWhen, during the running of a race the lure 50 approaches a hurdle suflicient current will be supplied to the solenoid coil 60, the` quantity being controlled by the rehostat 68, to elevate the arm 46 to a substantially horizontal position as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. l. Thus the lure will be lifted over the hurdle and will cause the animals pursuing it to also vault the hurdle. At the termination ot the race the rheostat 68 will be arranged so as to impart suiiicient current to the solenoid coil 60 to elevate the arm 46 to a substantially vertical position which is also illustrated by dotted lines in Fig.- l. I/Vhen the arm 46 is elevated to this position'itis apparent that the lure willtravel down the arm 46 into the lure receiving cage Y7 0 which will conceal the lure from view and thus the animals will cease running.

' It is apparent from the foregoing that I have provided an improved structure whereby I am enabled ,to expeditiously control the lure from a remote point and the rlieostats 68 and 71 will preferably be mounted at a point which affords full view of the course such as the judges stand. netic control of the lure I amenabled to instantaneously control operation thereof and I am also enabled to control the speed with which the lure is propelled. p

l/Vhile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modi cations as come within the scope of the appended claims.

I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a race course and a fence coextensive therewith, a track structure carried by and coextensive with said fence extraneous said course, means for supporting said track structure from said fence, a carriage adapted to travel along said track structure, means for moving said carriage along said track structure, a lure supporting arm carried by said carriage and adapted for swinging movement in a vertical plane over said course, a second carriage carried byand slidably mounted on said arm, a lure carried by said second carriage, a concealing structure carried by said first-named carri age and adapted to receive and conceal saidy lure when said arm is disposed in a vertical Due to the electromagporting said track structure from said fence, s

a carriage adapted to travel along said track struct-ure, means for moving said carriageA along said track structure, a lure supporting arm carried by said carriage and adapted for swinging movement in avertical plane over said course, a second carriage carried by and slidably mounted on said arm, a lure carried by said second carriage, a concealing structure carried by said first-named carriage and adapted to receive and conceal said lure when said arm is disposed in a vertical position with the second carriage adjacent the inner end of said arm, and means for moving said arm in a vertical plane, said last-named means including a r-ockable member, asolenoid including an armature connected to said rockabie member, Vand including means providing connection between said arm and said rockable member.

3. ln combination with a race course and a fence ccextensive therewith, a track structure carried by vand coextensive with said fence extraneous said course, means for support-ing said track structure from said fence, a carriage adapted to travel along said track structure, means Jfor moving said carriage along said track structure, said last-named means including electric motive means carried by said carriage, means providing circuit to said electric mot-ive means, a lure supporting arm carried by saidcarriage and adapted for swinging movement in a vertical plane over said course, a second carriage carried by andslidably mounted on said arm, a lure ,carried by said second carriage, a concealing structure carried by said firstnamed carriage and adapted to receive and conceal said lure when said arm is disposed in a vertical position with the second carriage adjacent the inner end of said arm, and means for moving said arm in a vertical plane.V

4. In combination with a race course and a fence coextensive therewith, a track structure carried by and coextensive with said fence extraneous said course, means for supporting said track structure from said fence, a carriage adapted to travel along said track structure, means for movingl said carriage along said track structure, a lure supporting arm carried by said carriage and adapted for swinging movement in a vertical plane over said course, a second carriage carried by and slidably mounted on said arm, a lure carried by said-second carriage, a concealing structure carried by said first-named carriage Aand adapted to receive and conceal said lure Whemsaid armris-, disposed in' a Verticalpo sit-inz with; the; second carriage adj acont' the inner end?Y of. said ar1nn1eunsc fbn moving. saidiarmfimaawferticaliplane;suidlasrnamed slneanseinlndingf :u rockable ,membenn a; sole neaidf` including; an; armivure; connected to said; roekznble r member,` and; including f means` pruvdngrconnection between; said? arm4 andA said: mckaiblef member;l and meanscontrollflingp current input. to said coili. whereby. said armnmd said Vlune 'muy be movedrint'o. various f pofsitione-V Withiespect to the,- horizontal to: simulate jumpngfaction of saidJure.

In teetimfmyfwhereofY I? aiCiX-:iny signature. 1U'- ELMER Le BALLEV. 

